The Ex and Her Riches

Of course, the protagonist was merely Whitney. Even if these people were audacious, they wouldn’t dare to plot against Charles, unless they no longer wished to keep their job.

Moreover, Charles never stood up for Whitney, nor did he ever intervene in these matters these days, which further fueled the spread of the rumors.

That noon, a few people gathered in the restroom, and started a discussion about this matter.

“I wonder how Whitney has the nerve to stick around Mr. Newton. If it were me, I would have handed in my resignation long ago.”

“Well, I think she just wants to become Mrs. Newton, so she won’t let go that easily. Hence, being the CEO’s assistant is the first step to getting close to the CEO. Do you think she’s foolish?”

“She should really take a good look at herself and see if she’s even destined for such greatness. And who does she think she has her eyes on? She’s seriously deluded if she thinks she’s a phoenix.”

“Hehe, well, this is great. It is just as expected that she got kicked by Mr. Newton.”

“If it were me, I would dutifully go to work, earn a living, and marry a man who matches my social status. The key is to know one’s place.”

They were all chattering away by the sink, completely unaware that the person they were talking about was right behind them in the stall.

As Whitney listened to their conversation, she couldn’t help but clench her fists.

She felt a slight urge to go out and pick a fight with those gossipmongers,

But reason told her, she shouldn’t.

Charles held a high reputation within the company. If she were to leave now, it might look bad.

Once the noise outside the door had subsided, Whitney finally opened the partition door, ready to leave. However, when she tried to open the bathroom door, she found it had been locked from the outside.

No matter how she turned the handle, it just wouldn’t open.

Did those people from earlier do it on purpose?

Whitney pressed her face against the door frame and called out, “Is anyone there? I’m locked. in here. Could you please help me open the door?”

Once the door was locked from the outside, there was no way to open it from the inside.

Whitney pounded on the door with all her might, but the outside remained eerily silent, with no signs of anyone coming or going.

She glanced at the time and saw that it was the lunch break. Most of the employees should bet taking their afternoon nap, so there were very few people coming to the restroom.

On top of that, Whitney had already had enough of these people’s gossip. This time, she deliberately chose a more secluded restroom, but she didn’t expect to encounter such a situation…

find there was no signal. Now, all she could do was wait.

on the door again, calling out

in the midst of cracking her head to think of a way when, with a sudden splash, a bucket of icy cold water was dumped in

wet, and stuck

was already dressed lightly, so she was shivering to her core now

of her eyes slightly reddened. Then, she pulled out her phone once again

there was

in

that day as she

one who could offer her help was

like this, Whitney

finally decided to call

the call connected, Isaac’s questioning

“What’s wrong?”

the twenty-first floor. I’ve

someone over right

against the bathroom wall for support, feeling unwell from head

made her feel cold, so she could only hug herself, trying to provide some warmth.

from the bathroom. The bathroom door lock had been maliciously sealed with tape. No wonder she couldn’t

quickly instructed the locksmith to

thought she was losing her mind and

coat, intending

crossed paths with her might find himself caught in

Isaac to be affected by these

very

slightly as she walked towards the

place was in a blind spot for surveillance, and with the constant flux of people coming and going, it was impossible

the company, Isaac furrowed his

get to the bottom

causing Whitney to tightly wrap her arms. around herself, sneezing

Whitney’s gaze just happened to meet with Charles, who

Whitney immediately lowered her head. She walked past Charles and returned to her

cold war between them in the past few days had left her mentally and physically exhausted, with no energy

lessen at all. She was

but it’s nothing compared to

body was about to reach its limit, as if she could hardly hold on